Home Birth Midwife of Color?
My partner and I are expecting in August and we are currently looking into home birth midwives. We are interested in working with a midwife of color who does home births. Would love to have any recommendations or contacts that might be a good fit. Thanks in advance.
Mar 8, 2019
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Gingi Allen! My wonderful doula who is also a midwife: http://www.theartofmothering.com
Hi - I'm not sure whether Marea identifies as a person of color but I know she is very intentionally focused on an inclusive midwifery practice. She was the midwife assistant years ago for one of my homebirths and she is truly amazing. I highly recommend her! https://www.restoremidwifery.com/gettoknowus.html
Haven't used her as a midwife, but we took a childbirth class with Gingi Allen in Berkeley. She is a homebirth midwife of color, and can likely help you or steer you in the right direction of someone who is available.
Here's her website:
http://www.theartofmothering.com/
My wife just gave birth with the expert support from Andrea R. midwife here - http://www.oaklandpartera.com/index.html
She is deeply committed to making homebirth more accessible to POC in the Bay Area. Highly recommended :)
Congrats and good luck finding the right midwife!